Field guide No. 372
Lion with a brass key mane
Opens most doors.
A lion rests in the shade of an acacia on the savanna, its mane made entirely of hanging brass keys. None of them are labelled.
Field noteManes are hair. Keys hung in their hundreds are a locksmith’s idea of grooming.
Also possible, also breaking material
Pillow-soft brickFired clay doesn’t dent under a head, as several heads can attest. Logically, it’s allowed to.
Eight loose endsSpiders are built of legs and silk, never wool. This one was knitted, apparently.
Towel peaksFolded cotton piles as high as you have cotton. The cable car is the ambitious part.
The velvet switchbackRoads take any surface that bears weight. Velvet bears it badly, and beautifully.